Within seconds of taking the microphone in a Pleasance sweatbox that's way too small to house her talents, Sarah Millican has peppered us with one-liners. And such is this South Shields lass's disarming warmth and ice-pick wit, we can't get enough.
Keeping this noticeably mixed rabble in check with a potent mix of comebacks, put downs and smut, she could easily be mistaken for a seasoned pro, not someone who won the if.Comedy Best Newcomer just last year.
Whereas that debut clambered over the rocky terrain of her divorce, this show attempts to reclaim the phrase 'typical woman' from peeved white van types tutting about their bird's parking technique. And it applies to men too, 'typical man' more likely to be uttered when peeling pants off the carpet rather than when Romeo serenades you with a mandolin.
Gender difference has been a comedy staple since Eve tootled off with that snake, but Millican's ribald observations on everyday, thirty-something life are as fresh as laundered bloomers. She's more mischievous than spiteful: not for her the tousled naughtiness of Lucy Porter. But is she a typical woman? Though her cuppa-tea earthiness would suggest she is, this gal is anything but ordinary, and we are all the better for that.
Until Aug 30 (not Wed), Pleasance Courtyard, 7.30pm. www.pleasance.co.uk

Forget prestigious gongs, if.comedy newcomer award-winner Sarah Millican is currently all about her mammaries. 'Obviously I was pleased I won the award, but the most important thing that happened that day was I got my boobs measured,' she beams.

A Metro favourite since she started gigging four years ago, Geordie comedian Sarah Millican's dark and dirty comedy recently bagged her the if.comedy newcomer award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She's not letting it go to her head, though.

Forget prestigious gongs, if.comedy newcomer award-winner Sarah Millican is currently all about her mammaries. 'Obviously I was pleased I won the award, but the most important thing that happened that day was I got my boobs measured,' she beams.

Forget prestigious gongs, if.comedy newcomer award-winner Sarah Millican is currently all about her mammaries. 'Obviously I was pleased I won the award, but the most important thing that happened that day was I got my boobs measured,' she beams.

I was in Edinburgh two years ago doing the Big Value show but you don't have quite the same pressure as you do with a solo show. This year, I only had five people the first night but I was thrilled, because they hadn't seen a review or really heard of me. It's just such a compliment that they came to see you.

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